A combat sports enthusiast's one-year quest to transform himself from a casual martial arts practitioner into a professional mixed martial artist. The story is linear, please start from the beginning.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Before.

This one's for Pat McPherson.

Evolutionary biologists, take note - this is justification for human facial hair.

Remains of the day.

I slept well, I feel good, and the only thing getting me down is the fact that I had to shave my beard. I'll update this entry with tonight's results as soon as I get home. I'll try to have the video up by Friday night.

Diet8:30 a.m. Small bowl of oatmeal, two cups of green tea, fish oil caps, multivitamin. Noon Steak sandwich, fries, soda. On the run. 5:30 p.m. Not hungry. Mild twinge in my stomach. No butterflies or jitters, just the feeling you get when see an ugly situation unfolding slowly enough to respond to it consciously.